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Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon
Wallowa County native, Lillian Melissa Quinn, died Sept. 1, 1989, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
She was born April 22, 1904, at Joseph, the daughter of John and Bessie (Halsey) Simmons.
On April 21, 1921, she married Ernest E. Quinn, at Enterprise. He preceded her in death on Dec. 31, 1967.
She was a lifelong resident of Wallowa County.
Survivors include daughters, Margaret Stein, Cecile Lay and Lois Delancy; one sister, Edna Mae Radford; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services and internment was at the Prairie Creek Cemetery near Joseph, Wednesday, Sept. 6, with Jerry Raedeke officiating.
Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice, in care of Bollman Funeral Home, 3rd and West Main, in Enterprise.
Source: Wallowa County Chieftain, September 7, 1989, Page 2
Contributed by: Sue Wells